Category: Sony PSP
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Review: Kurulin Fusion (Sony PSP)
Kurulin Fusion (PSP) Genre: Puzzle Developer: Tozai Games Publisher: MTO Release Date: 12/10/2009 It seems I’ve been assaulted with puzzle games to finish out the decade, but you’ll hear no complaints from me. Instead of trogging through multi-hour RPGs or generic movie-based titles, the puzzle genre just lets me sit down, relax, and have fun,…
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Review: Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron (Sony PSP)
Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron Publisher: Lucasarts Developer: Rebellion Genre: Third Person Shooter Release Date: 11/03/2009
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Review: Mytran Wars (Sony PSP)
Mytran Wars Developer: Stormregion Publisher: Deep Silver Genre: SRPG Release Date: 10/26/09 This past August, I attended a Deep Silver press event accompanied by fellow writer and boyfriend Chris Bowen, where we were able to to play preview copies of Mytran Wars and four other titles, including Cursed Mountain. Chris noted that while the game…
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Review: WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2010 (Sony PSP)
WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2010 Publisher: THQ Developer: Yukes Genre: Wrestling Release Date: 10/20/2009 “Oh my God! Its Smackdown vs Raw!” These immortal words exclaimed by good old Jim Ross during the introduction of the very first Smackdown vs Raw game set the tone perfectly for what the series would become. Five years and now…
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Review: Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier (Sony PSP)
Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier Developer: High Impact Games Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Genre: Action/Platformer Release Date: 11/03/2009 Jak and Daxter have held a spot in my action and platforming heart since they popped up on the PS2 back in 2001. Their quirky and fun humor, the great platforming, and with the later titles,…
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Review: Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron (Sony PSP)
Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron Publisher: Lucasarts Developer: Rebellion Developments Genre: Third-Person Shooter Release Date: 11/03/2009 Ah, Star Wars Battlefront… what a history you have. After a successful run on the last generation of consoles, there have been rumors abound regarding the existence of Star Wars Battlefront III and IV. With all this excitement and…
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Review: Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (Sony PSP)
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars Genre: Crime Simulator Developer: Rockstar Leeds Publisher: Rockstar Games Release Date: 10/20/2009
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Review: Undead Knights (Sony PSP)
Undead Knights Genre: Action Developer: Tecmo Publisher: Tecmo Release Date: 09/22/09
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Review: Adventures To Go! (Sony PSP)
Adventures To Go! Publisher: Natsume Developer: Global A Genre: Roguelike Release Date: 10/28/2009 Adventures To Go! is a Gamestop exclusive PSP game. I’m actually a little bothered by this on two fronts. The first is how this screws over PSP Go! Owners, of which I am not one. Sony had madly dropped the bomb on…
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Review: Half Minute Hero (Sony PSP)
Half Minute Hero Publisher: XSeed Developer: Marvelous Games Genre: Compilation/RPG Release Date: 10/13/2009
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Review: NBA 10 The Inside (Sony PSP)
NBA 10 The Inside Developer: Sony Computer Entertainment America, San Diego Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. Genre: Sports Release Date: 10/06/2009 I was one of those kids in high school who played basketball and could follow a game, but was picked last because, well, I’m terrible at it. I’m a big guy, can’t run…
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Review: Kenka Bancho: Badass Rumble (Sony PSP)
Kenka Bancho: Badass Rumble Genre: Brawler/Adventure Developer: Spike Publisher: Atlus USA Release Date: 11/10/2009
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Review: Marvel Super Hero Squad (Sony PSP)
Marvel Super Hero Squad Publisher: THQ Developer: Blue Tongue Genre: Action Platformer Release Date: 10/21/2009 I’ll admit it; even though I have read comics in a long time, there will always be a part of me that loves super heroes. That’s probably why I always volunteer to play games like this. Sometimes this nets me…
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Review: Shin Megami Tensei: Persona (Sony PSP)
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona Developer: Atlus Publisher: Atlus Genre: RPG Release Date: 09/22/09 (retail), 10/01/09 (PSN) When Revelations: Persona (known as Megami Ibunroku Persona: Be Your True Mind in Japan) was first released, RPGs hadn’t hit their stride with the mainstream audience, and few were familiar with anything pertaining to Japanese pop culture, especially anime.…
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Review: Obscure: The Aftermath (Sony PSP)
Obscure: The Aftermath Genre: Survival Horror Developer: Hydravision Publisher: Playlogic Release Date: 10/13/09
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Review: Beaterator (Sony PSP)
Beaterator Genre: Music Creation Tool Developer: Rockstar Leeds Publisher: Rockstar Games Release Date: 09/29/2009 Every once in a while Rockstar will take a break from its proven franchises to take a unique genre in a new, ambitious direction. This is perhaps when I enjoy the company the most as evidenced by the stellar outing the…
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Review: Motorstorm: Arctic Edge (Sony PSP)
Motorstorm: Arctic Edge Publisher: SCEA Developer: Bigbig Studios Genre: Racing Release Date: 09/30/2009
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Review: Thexder Neo (Sony PSP)
Thexder Neo Publisher: Square-Enix Developer: Zereo Release Date: 10/01/2009 Genre: Traditional Shooter Square-Enix normally isn’t a company you think of when it comes to taking chances. They’re best known for RPG’s, primarily Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy. However they’ve definitely taken some chances within that genre with games ranging from Rings of Fate for the…
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Review: Gran Turismo (Sony PSP)
Gran Turismo Developer: Polyphony Digital Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Genre: Realistic Driving Simulation Release Date: 10/01/2009 In a podcast I recently did for SFX 360, there was discussion about Gran Turismo 5. I joked that I’d have to see it to believe it, and compared it to Duke Nukem Forever due to the amount of…
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Review: Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days (Sony PSP)
Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days Developer: Nippon Ichi Publisher: Nippon Ichi America Genre: SRPG Release Date: 09/08/09 The Disgaea series is generally regarded as Nippon Ichi’s flagship franchise and has garnered a dedicated following. The first Disgaea has gotten three different incarnations, the first on the PS2, an enhanced port for the PSP, and finally,…